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Ragas and Raginis: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.323

Rāgas and Rāginīs: A Pictorial and Iconographic Study of Indian Musical Modes Based on Original Sources c6.323

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c6.323

Passing over the short Hindī treatise of Deo-kavi (c 1673 A D.), mostly of iconographic interest, we come to a very interesting group of texts: Anūpa-saṅgīta-vilāsa, Anūpa-saṅgīta-ratnākara and Anūpa-saṅgī-tāṅkuśa, all composed by Bhavabhaṭṭa under the patronage of Raja Anūp Singh (1674-1701 A.D.) of Bikanir. This group of texts⁴ is of great interest